Eyeshade



v Mar.3, 1925.

J. c. WHITE EYESHADE Filed Nov. 15, 1922 1 INVENTORF. j 9

ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH C. WHITE, OF WEST MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO BENJAMIN S.MOORE, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

EYESI-IADE.

Application filed November 15, 1922. Serial No. 601,154.

will be noticeably light in weight; which will be unaffected byperspiration; which will be durable and which will retain indefinitelyits general form while conforming readily to the wearer.

Another object of my invention is to provide a shade so designed andconstructed as to permit dismounting for cleaning.

In accordance with my invention, I provide two independent canopies orshades, one

for each eye, said canopies being mounted on, and detachable from, abent-wire frame;

to said bent-wire frame the ear-pieces are attached by means of aunique, self-retaining hinge-joint.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pairof my new eye-shades. Figure 2 is a front elevation of a pair of saidshades. Figure 3 is a side elevation of the hinge-joint and earpiece.Figure 4 is a side elevation of the hinge-joint and modified ear-piece.Figure 5 is a top plan view of one of the shades shown in Figure 1.

My new eye-shade comprises canopies A, A, formed from sheet metal,celluloid, or other suitable material, into the arched pieces shown, andprovided with upturned lips or flanges along their rear edges. Theseflanges not only stiffen the shades so that very thin sheet metal may beused, but they also increase greatly the eye-shading capacity of thecanopies, as will be pointed out later.

At each side of the shade A, Fig. 5, where the shade proper joins theflange 1, is a small notch 2, into which is sprung the recess 3, of thebent-wire frame B, Figs. 1

and 2.

The ends 4, of frame B, are, by a series of bends, bent back so that thewire tips rest under tension against the frame wire. This bendingproduces the hinge-pins 5.

The hinge-coil 6, of ear-pieces D, Fig. 3, or D Fig. 4, are forced overhinge-pin 5, said hinge-pin 5, due to its tension, returning to restagainst the frame wire B, thus locking the hinge together againstaccidental separation.

The waved, or crinkled, section 7, of earpiece D Fig. 4, has been foundsuflicient to retain the eye-shade in position when in use, providedthere is sufficient hair over the ears of the wearer, and some wearersprefer this form of ear-piece.

The flange 1, extending upwardly from the shade body A, serves toincrease greatly the efficiency of the shade, by preventing the leakageof light between the shade and the brow even with considerable spaceintervemng.

Having described my invention, what I claim as newand desire to secureby Letters Patentis:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a pairof eyeshades of a spring-wire frame and bent-wire earpieces havingintegral hinge-coils, said frame formed to permit mounting thereon saideyeshades; said frame formed further to terminate in integral,self-locking hingepins adapted to engage and to lock automatically saidear-piece hinge-coils in position against accidental verticaldisplacement, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a pair ofeye-shades mounted detachably on a bent-wire frame terminating inintegral, self-locking hingepins, and ear-piece wires with integralhingecoils to co-act with said self-locking hingeplns.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JOSEPH C. WHITE.

